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The murdered journalist was still active in his chosen profession at the time of the killing. But The Hindu has tried to soften & play down the murder of a journalist & the crime against free speech by titling him as an "ex-reporter". http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/00320...00607021420.htm

Posted by Administrator on 18 December 2015, 4:03 pm By D.B.S.Jeyaraj CV Wigneswaran “How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down? How do you find the word that means Maria? A flibbertijibbet! A will-o’-the wisp! A clown!” “Many a thing you know you’d like to tell her Many a thing she ought to understand But how do you make her stay and listen to all you say How do you keep a wave upon the sand?” “Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?” – Oscar Hammerstein in “Sound of Music”. Veteran Indian Journalist P.K.B…

Anuk Arudpragasam Q&A | The Booker Prizes How does it feel to have A Passage North longlisted for the Booker? I’ve had many different, sometimes contradictory feelings, but I’m gratified to be in the company of the other wonderful writers on the longlist. Which authors have influenced or inspired your own writing? I’ve been most influenced by the modernist novel of consciousness, by Virginia Woolf, Marcel Proust, and Robert Musil in their attempts to depict time and interiority: in a sense this is what I want to do for my own time and place and people. But I also view each book I write as a kind of apprentice…

RAJAPAKSE BENT ON DICTATED PEACE By B.Raman In an assessment on the ground situation in Sri Lanka written on October 8,2006, I had stated as follows: "The hardline advisers of Mr.Rajapakse think that they can now see the light at the end of a long and dark tunnel and that this is the time to force upon the LTTE a dictated peace, which would restict the eventual Tamil control in any political solution to the Northern Province minus Jaffna and the Batticaloa District of the Eastern Province minus the Tricomallee and Amparai Districts. Their reported plans for an ultimate political solution also envisage excluding the LTTE's presence and influence from even the Battica…

LONDON (AFP) - Amnesty International said on Tuesday that there were armed groups roaming camps for displaced people in the eastern Sri Lankan district of Batticaloa, and kidnapping residents. Citing its own sources, which it did not identify, Amnesty said that some of the groups were part of the Karuna faction -- a breakaway rebel group -- and their presence in the camps were tolerated by Sri Lankan authorities because of the group's help in the military campaign against Tamil Tiger rebels. The London-based human rights group's warning came as government security forces continued their offensive into a Tiger stronghold that extends from Batticaloa to the neigh…

'The most dangerous of all my trips...' Source: https://m.rediff.com/news/1998/sep/02ship.htm For B Navindra Karkera, even after spending 26 years in the merchant navy did not prepare him for the events of August 14. As the rest of his countrymen were preparing to usher in the 51st anniversary of the country's independence, he found himself and his crew taken into custody by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam off the Point Pedro coast, witnessed his ship, M V Princess Kash, being bombed by Lankan jets, and lived through a gunfight between the Sri Lankan armed forces and the LTTE. Now back in Bombay, his ordeal has left him w…

Mullaittivu Troops Transport Farmers' Harvests to South, 19 April 2020 https://www.army.lk/news/mullaittivu-troops-transport-farmers-harvests-south Sri Lankan police arrest more local councillors providing aid to under-privileged families in North-East, 18 April 2020, https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/sri-lankan-police-arrest-more-local-councillors-providing-aid-under-privileged-families ‘People are near starvation’ in North-East warns Sumanthiran, 17 April 2020, https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/%E2%80%98people-are-near-starvation%E2%80%99-north-east-warns-sumanthiran

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Liberation Tigers Military Spokesman Irasiah Ilanthirayan told media Saturday morning that a cargo ship, caught up in the rough seas, has come into LTTE territorial waters off Mullaithivu and that the Sea Tigers were engaged in saving the crew. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Navy officials in Colombo said a technical failure had caused a Jordanian Merchant Vessel, FARHA III, carrying 14000 tons of rice from India to South Africa, to drift towards Mullaithivu. Sri Lankan military officials further charged that the Tigers had seized the ship and the crew and said the Sri Lankan navy had engaged naval boats to save the crew and the cargo ship. Further details are not availabl…

Ravana is a hero for Sinhala nationalists Balachandran, Hindustan Times Colombo, September 23, 2007 \ The Ramayana is not part of the mainstream Sinhala religious and cultural tradition in Sri Lanka, because Buddhism has been the religion of the majority of Sinhalas for long. But ancient Sinhala works like Rajavaliya and Ravanavaliya identify Ravana as a Sinhala king and extol him as a great one. In modern Sri Lanka, there has been a movement to revive Ravana as a cult figure, who represents Sinhala or Sri Lankan nationalism because he was among the first in the island's history to have resisted an alien/Indian invader. Ravana…

Scientists switch on the world's largest 'artificial sun' The bright experiment could lead to new forms of clean energy Photo engineer Volkmar Dohmen stands in front of xenon short-arc lamps in the DLR German national aeronautics and space research center in Juelich, western Germany AP Scientists have just turned on the "world's biggest artificial sun". The huge structure could help sed light on new was of making green fuels, among other technologies, the engineers behind it hope. In all, the sun is made up of a honeycomb of 149 spotlights, which together make the structure known as "Synlight". Inidividually, they are the kinds of xenon…

colombo ­­­ De Srilankaanse politie en het leger hebben zaterdag acht wijken in de hoofdstad Colombo afgezet en bij invallen in woningen 920 mensen opgepakt. Ruim vijftig van hen zijn na verhoor in hechtenis genomen. In de betreffende wijken wonen veel Tamils. De operatie volgt op een opleving van het geweld tussen de rebellenbeweging Tamil-Tijgers en het leger in het noorden en oosten van het land, die dreigt het land opnieuw in een burgeroorlog te storten. Bij verscheidene aanslagen vonden in december 45 militairen en zeven rebellen de dood. நன்றி:Trouw krant

ஆசியாவில் மக்கள் குடியேற்றம் எப்படி நிகழ்ந்தது? மானுடவியலாளர்கள் உலகில் நிறைய பிரச்சினைகளை எழுப்பிய ஒரு அறிவாளர் கூட்டம். தெளிய வைத்ததை விடப் பிரச்சினைகளை மேலும் கூட்டி பலவகை நாசங்களுக்கு வழி வகுத்த ஒரு துறை மானுடவியல். இதற்குத் துறையைக் குறை சொல்ல முடியாது. அந்தத் துறையில் ஆய்வு முறைகளை யார் பயன்படுத்தினார்கள், எப்படி அறிவைப் பிரசாரம் செய்தார்கள், என்ன நோக்கோடு செய்தார்கள் என்பனவற்றை ஆராய்ந்தால்தான் உண்மை புரியும். மேல் சொன்ன யூரோப்பிய காலனிய ஆக்கிரமிப்பாளர்களின் படைகளைப் பின் தொடர்ந்து பல நாடுகளில், குறிப்பாக ஆசியா, ஆப்பிரிக்கா, தென்னமெரிக்காவில் நுழைந்த மானுடவியலாளர்கள் விட்டுச் சென்ற பலவகைக் கருத்தியல் அறிக்கைகள் இன்னமும் பல நாட்டு மக்களிடையே பெர…

THE CIA IS USING A EUROPEAN NATO ALLY’S SPY SERVICE TO CONDUCT A COVERT SABOTAGE CAMPAIGN INSIDE RUSSIA UNDER THE AGENCY’S DIRECTION, ACCORDING TO FORMER U.S. INTELLIGENCE AND MILITARY OFFICIALS. DECEMBER 24, 2022 BY JACK MURPHY The campaign involves long standing sleeper cells that the allied spy service has activated to hinder Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine by waging a secret war behind Russian lines. Years in the planning, the campaign is responsible for many of the unexplained explosions and other mishaps that have befallen the Russian military industrial complex since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, according…

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OPINION The Hidden Sea Tigers The LTTE attack at Galle came a few days before the arrival of a fresh consignment of arms and ammunition from Pakistan and seems aimed to demonstrate the continuing naval capability and to scare foreign tourists B. RAMAN | e-mail | one page format | feedback: send - read | The Sea Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) took the Sri Lankan Navy completely by surprise early on the morning of October 18, 2006, by successfully penetrating a naval base and a commercial harbour at Galle in southern Sri Lanka and destroying three naval boats in the base. One sailor and one civilian were killed…

Home Office criticised over handling of Sri Lankan scientist’s asylum claim Commonwealth Rutherford fellow and his family face deportation from UK amid conflicting messages from department Nadarajah Muhunthan, second from left, with Menussha, Vethesh, Sharmila and Gihaniya. Photograph: Aneta Pruszyńska/The Guardian Diane Taylor Mon 18 Oct 2021 07.00 BST …

Q: So can you explain what is the role of Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and how this particular institution is important for the legal fraternity and also for the ordinary public? The BASL Association of Sri Lanka is the apex body of lawyers. It is a professional organisation and we have a membership comprising over 20,000 lawyers. Our association is now into its golden jubilee (50) anniversary this year. The association was established on November 14, 1974 if I remember right. I was not a lawyer at that time. I was only a schoolboy. But I have read through the history of the association. There was Dr. H. W. Jayawardena, Queen’s Counsel, who was the Emeritus…

India on Monday asked its envoy in Geneva to return for consultations on the US resolution on Sri Lanka, the IANS reported. Dilip Sinha, ambassador and permanent representative of India to the UN in Geneva, will be in New Delhi on Tuesday to brief the government on the resolution, external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said. The issue has gained urgency with political parties and activists in Tamil Nadu urging the government to back the resolution — like last year — and even amend it to denounce Colombo for the "genocide" of Tamils. The resolution is expected to come up for voting at the 47-member UNHRC session in Geneva March 21. The forei…

EU says Tamil Tigers 'terrorists' Tamils in Europe are a source of funds for the Tigers The European Union has decided to add the Sri Lankan separatist group, the Tamil Tigers, to its list of banned terrorist organisations. The decision taken by ministers in Brussels means Tamil Tiger assets in the EU's 25 states will be frozen. Recent violence in Sri Lanka has destabilised a ceasefire signed four years ago with the government. Washington earlier took similar action against the Tigers, saying it wanted to cut off their access to arms and money. Correspondents say Europe's Tamil diaspora is a valuable source of funds for the Tigers. Th…

Made-in-China Complimentary Toothpaste for Luxury Hotels Recalled Monday , August 13, 2007 A leading supplier of toiletries for luxury hotels recalled complimentary tubes of Chinese-made toothpaste worldwide Monday after tests showed some contain a potentially toxic chemical. It was the latest in a series of recalls of Chinese-made goods — toothpaste, children's toys, tires and pet food — because of shoddy and perhaps dangerous manufacturing methods. Gilchrist & Soames said it is recalling its 18-milliliter or 0.65-ounce tubes with the name Gilchrist & Soames on it. The company said Monday some samples showed the tubes contained diethylene glyc…

Washington (CNN)Virginia McLaurin waited all her life to see an African-American in the White House. So, when she finally got a chance to meet President Obama, the 106-year-old woman couldn't contain her excitement. http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/22/politics/virginia-mclaurin-obama-meeting-video/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/22/politics/virginia-mclaurin-obama-meeting-video/index.html

விளம்பரங்களில் வேடிக்கையான முயற்சிகள் நாளாந்தம் விளம்பரங்களை நாம் பார்க்கின்றோம் அவை பல வடிவங்களிலும் வேடிக்கையாகவும் அதிசயிக்கத்தக்கவகைகளிலும் இருக்கும். அவற்றை இங்கு பகிர்ந்து கொள்வோம்.

Open Letter to LTTE Leadership Political Leadership Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Tamil Eelam Dear Sirs, As a staunch supporter of your national liberation movement for many years, I have been very perturbed by the state of affairs in the on-going confrontation with the Sri Lankan racist state. I believe that there is too much rhetoric on the part of the Tiger leadership so much so there is a lot of confusion as whether the Tigers are making tactical or strategic calculations in its war with the Sri Lankan state. Some of the spokespersons of your movement seem rather pre-occupied with the terms of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA), ev…

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